Materials Data on Ba4Dy2Cu6NiO15 by Materials Project
Ba4Dy2NiCu6O15 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Amm2 space group. The structure is three-dimensional. there are four inequivalent Ba2+ sites. In the first Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.77–3.02 Å. In the second Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a distorted q6 geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.77–3.00 Å. In the third Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.77–3.03 Å. In the fourth Ba2+ site, Ba2+ is bonded in a 10-coordinate geometry to ten O2- atoms. There are a spread of Ba–O bond distances ranging from 2.77–3.04 Å. There are two inequivalent Dy3+ sites. In the first Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.40–2.43 Å. In the second Dy3+ site, Dy3+ is bonded in a body-centered cubic geometry to eight O2- atoms. There are a spread of Dy–O bond distances ranging from 2.37–2.46 Å. Ni4+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form corner-sharing NiO5 square pyramids. There are a spread of Ni–O bond distances ranging from 1.99–2.09 Å. There are six inequivalent Cu2+ sites. In the first Cu2+ site, Cu2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.88–1.96 Å. In the second Cu2+ site, Cu2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.84–1.95 Å. In the third Cu2+ site, Cu2+ is bonded in a square co-planar geometry to four O2- atoms. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.84–1.95 Å. In the fourth Cu2+ site, Cu2+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. There are four shorter (1.97 Å) and one longer (2.26 Å) Cu–O bond lengths. In the fifth Cu2+ site, Cu2+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.25 Å. In the sixth Cu2+ site, Cu2+ is bonded to five O2- atoms to form corner-sharing CuO5 square pyramids. There are a spread of Cu–O bond distances ranging from 1.96–2.28 Å. There are fifteen inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Cu2+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Cu2+ atoms. In the third O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Cu2+ atoms. In the fourth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Ni4+ atoms. In the fifth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Cu2+ atoms. In the sixth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Cu2+ atoms. In the seventh O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+ and two Cu2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OBa4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 10°. In the eighth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+ and two Cu2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OBa4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedral tilt angles are 11°. In the ninth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+ and two Cu2+ atoms to form a mixture of distorted edge and corner-sharing OBa4Cu2 octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–11°. In the tenth O2- site, O2- is bonded to four equivalent Ba2+, one Ni4+, and one Cu2+ atom to form distorted OBa4CuNi octahedra that share corners with five OBa4Cu2 octahedra and edges with four equivalent OBa4CuNi octahedra. The corner-sharing octahedra tilt angles range from 0–8°. In the eleventh O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Cu2+ atoms. In the twelfth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a 4-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Ba2+, two equivalent Dy3+, and two equivalent Ni4+ atoms. In the thirteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to two equivalent Ba2+ and three Cu2+ atoms. In the fourteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted T-shaped geometry to two equivalent Ba2+ and three Cu2+ atoms. In the fifteenth O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to four Ba2+ and two equivalent Cu2+ atoms.